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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOff-Hold LtrDenisLawMayorMarch27,2017Community&EconomicDevelopmentC.E.“Chip”Vincent,AdministratorCampbellMathewsonCenturyPacific,L.P.1201ThirdAvenue,Suite1680Seattle,WA98101SUBJECT:“OffHold”NoticeQuendallTerminalsILUAO9-151,EIS,ECF,BSP,SA-M,SM,DADearMr.Mathewson:TheapplicantsforthesubjectprojecthaverequestedthattheCityconsiderenteringintoaDevelopmentAgreement,whichwouldestablishanEnhancedAlternativeproposal,incombinationwiththealreadyappliedforLandUseapplications.TheoriginalQuendallTerminalsproposalforaMixed-UseDevelopment,includingthePreferredAlternativeDevelopmentPlanhascompletedStateEnvironmentalPolicyAct(SEPA)review.Todate,theCityhasissuedaDraftEnvironmentalImpactStatement(EIS),ElSAddendum(establishingthePreferredAlternative),andaFinalEISandassociatedMitigationDocument;however,thesedocumentsdidnotspecificallyevaluatetheproposedDevelopmentAgreementestablishinganEnhancedAlternative.TheproposedDevelopmentAgreementandassociatedEnhancedAlternativeprimarilyincludethefollowing:•Theadditionof1.3acresofpublicparkspace;•Additionalretail/restaurant/officespaceandstreetactivation(fountains,artwork,etc.)•Theadditionofeitherapublicdock/pierand/oranalternativeapprovedbytheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA)toallowforpublicaccesstoLakeWashington;•BuildingSW4wouldbe4-stories,buildingSW3would5-stories,andalltheremainingbuildingswouldbe6-stories;•ExtensionofLandUsePermitapprovaltermto10-yeatswithpossibleextensionopportunitiesinwhichdevelopmentregulationvestingwouldbemaintained.Theabove-referencedchangestothePreferredAlternativeandtheassociatedDevelopmentAgreementarerequiredtogothroughSEPAReview.Assuch,theDevelopmentAgreementandEnhancedAlternativeisscheduledtobeconsideredbytheCity’sSEPAResponsibleOffice,theEnvironmentalReviewCommittee(ERC)foraConsistencyDeterminationwiththealreadyissuedEISdocumentsonMarch20,2017.Quendallterminals“0ff-Hold”NoticePage11055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057.rentonwa.gov Therefore,pertheapplicant’srequest,theQuendallTerminalsproject(CUAO9-151)hasbeentakenOff-HoldandtheCitywillcontinuereviewoftheproject.TheDevelopmentAgreement,MasterSitePlan,BindingSitePlan,andShorelinePermithavebeententativelyscheduledforapublichearingbeforetheCityofRentonHearingExamineronApril18,2017at10:00a.m.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasecontactmeat(425)430-7314orobntonwa.oSincerely,dkQVanessaDolbeeCurrentPlanningManagercc:AltinoProperties,Inc.andJHBaxter&Co./OwnersHillisClarkMartin&PetersonP.S.,AmitD.RanadeandAnnM.GygiPartiesofRecordQuendallterminals“0ff-Hold”NoticePage21055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057rentonwa.gov